Craft Beer Bars in Chengdu

Chinese beer isn’t quite considered as tasty abroad. Most people only know lagers of big brands like Tsingtao, Snow or Harbin. During the last 5 years, craft breweries have been popping up almost under the radar across China, and it’s not just the local expats who are frequenting them.

In Chengdu, MUG and The Beer Nest were the first ones to focus on it. Nowadays Chengdu has hundreds of bottle shops, though we like to focus on the real stuff: craft beer on tap! Check out an overview of bars in Chengdu serving draft craft 看看成都那些精酿啤酒馆:

The Beer Nest 1, Bar 啤酒窝1店（酒吧）

This cozy bar opposite the Poly Center was one of the first to introduce Chengdu to good beer. It offers a variety of >60 beers (including various drafts), cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks, and also brought beer culture and knowledge to Chengdu. One of the nicest wooden bars in town, with comfortable sofas upstairs and a great outside terrace in the summer, it’s the place to be[er].

MUG German Bar 马格啤酒馆

The MUG bars are traditional German styled beer bars. They produce their own brewed beer called Augsburg. The beer isn’t a really strong tasting one or heavy-bodied but it’s just a good drink. MUG has a nice outdoor area and several big TV’s showing sports. It’s a good place for enjoying a warm summer night with a cool craft beer and a few friends.

Paulaner Bräuhaus 成都普拉那啤酒酒馆

The Paulaner brewery and restaurant with its outside entrance just off of South Renmin road is dominated by the large fermenters where their own house lager and dark beers are brewed. Their food menu is in German, Chinese, and English with the first few pages devoted to their house brewed beer, beer cocktails, schnapps and German specialties.

Address: 42 South Renmin Road Kempinski Hotel

Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 5pm-1am

Tel: +86 28 8526 9999

Taps House aka Empty Bottle 空瓶子/ 步廊

Specialized beer bar around the corner from Carrefour at Kehua South Road, opened up in June 2016.

PandaBar Chengdu 熊猫精酿成都

This Beijing-based craft beer chain is due to open its first Chengdu up a branch in Chengdu end of September 2016. Quite some brews on tap [not brewed on location, but brought over from Beijing] and in the fridges, serving food. Not that busy, and mostly popular with locals.

Beer bar & restaurant in the West of Chengdu, opened June 2016.

Wonderhouse

金牛区，花牌坊40号，無里创意工厂A栋3楼

Phone Number 电话号: 18123308637

Magic Spoon Microbrewery Spearheaded by Brian, this microbrewery is located a bit out of the city, in Iron Pig Wetlands location [Southeast around 3rd ringroad] and mostly available in both Iron Pig locations.

Honey and Malt 蜜和麦

Honey & Malt, a craft beer bar opened end of December 2016, has one of Chengdu’s most impressive domestic craft beer selections. With >25 on tap, they have the potential to pour up to 30 different types of beer, and their modern system keeps different pressures and temperatures for each keg. The range of offerings is quite impressive and different from other craft beer selections at pubs across the city.

Address 地址: No. 20-8 Tongzilin East Road

桐梓林东路20号附8号

Phone Number 电话号: 18518475006

Opening Time 营业时间: 5pm-late

Shark Craft Beer Bar鲨鱼精酿酒馆

Address: 316, Tianjiunan Valley 天九南巷316号

Tel: 13551177550

Opening hours: 14:00-03:00 Everyday

Movida 米罗兄弟酒馆

Movida, Miro Brother Pub. Craft beer and Bottle beer.

Address: No.6 Tongzilin North Rd, Wuhou District. 桐梓林北路6号附3号

Tel: 028-83175659

Opening hour: 14:00-02:00 Sun-Sat.

Wild West Brewery Taproom Straight from the brewery in Qionglai, you can try most of Wild West’s beers on tap in Jinli Ancient Street. Located just beyond the performance stage, next to the Wuhou mausoleum in Jinli, a hot spot for tourists and locals alike due to its central location and abundance of traditional Sichuanese arts, crafts and snacks.

Opened middle of September 2017, the Shangri-la Highland Craft Brewery taproom served a wide selection of their craft beers brewed in northwestern Yunnan province. Most beer contain local ingredients like highland barley, which give them a distinct taste.

Opened middle of December 2017, this is the place to be for craft beer lovers living in the South of Chengdu.

Nanmen Craft Brewery 南门精酿

This brewpub opened at end of December 2017. Finally a real brewpub in Chengdu!

This beer bar on Tongzilin Dong Lu is on the same strip as Peter’s Tex Mex, has a big outdoor terrace and around 20 beers on tap – more will be added soon. The food menu is pretty extensive – and currently has a wide range of pub favourites –burgers, fish and chips, ciabbatas, pastas, salads, finger food and more.